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...Gartner dominated the field with local knowledge, solid surfing and an uncanny ability to withstand the frigid water,” it read...
Just when things had started to calm down, we were warned that Iraqi special-ops forces were nearby. We put on our helmets and Kevlar vests and hunkered down in our tents. There would be no air cover, given the weather. Our unit couldn't withstand an attack by tanks or grenades--hell, the wind nearly took...
...desire to prepare for any and all potential events and concern over creating unnecessary fear and anxiety in the public and diverting scarce resources from other public health programs. Thus the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has urged Americans to create rooms sealed with plastic and duct tape to withstand a chemical attack even as Randall J. Larsen, director of the ANSER Institute for Homeland Security calls such safe rooms a waste of time...
...Just when things had started to calm down, we were warned that Iraqi special-ops forces were nearby. We put on our helmets and Kevlar vests and hunkered down in our tents. There would be no air cover, given the weather. Our unit couldn't withstand an attack by tanks or grenades-hell, the wind nearly took...
Seen proudly sporting bruises around campus, members of the newly revamped Capoeira Club are more than willing to withstand a few sore muscles in mastering a 400-year-old Brazilian martial art. “You do get kicked a couple of times,” says Elena M. Krieger ’06, one of the club’s two leaders, “yet it’s mostly harmless...